Khumbudzo Ntshavheni
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UJ academic awarded Unesco Chair to advance digital inclusion and cultural equity in Africa
The Chair, held by Professor Prinola Govenden, will focus on addressing digital inclusion, cultural representation and equitable access to knowledge in Africa’s rapidly evolving…
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni: Minister in the Presidency
SCORE: C As Cyril Ramaphosa’s most trusted ally and the go-to woman if you want his ear, Nthavheni is loved by some for protecting the president from undue external and internal…
White genocide: the lie that keeps on giving
The myth of “white genocide” is deployed as a rhetorical weapon, simultaneously stoking fear, resentment, and a sense of urgency among segments of the American populace
Mbalula says ANC Johannesburg regional conference must sit no later than 3 December
The regional conference was initially scheduled for July but has since been postponed twice
Trump U-turn on G20 as US asks to join summit
‘There should be no bullying of one nation by another. We are all equal’ the president said after Washington warned Pretoria against pursuing a joint G20 leaders’ statement this…
Zille vs Mbalula: How the DA’s ultimatum toppled Nkabane
Democratic Alliance’s Helen Zille cornered the ANC’s Fikile Mbalula with the ultimatum to axe the minister or lose DA support on budget votes
Solidarity threatens Ntshavheni with defamation over ‘inflammatory rhetoric’
The trade union has accused the minister in the presidency of weaponising discourse instead of focusing on facts
Kubayi to discuss her rumoured ANC deputy president ambitions ‘when time is right’
The justice minister has also rejected claims that she is part of a plot to stop party deputy president Paul Matsatile from standing in the ANC’s 2027 elective conference
Stilfontein miners have human rights just like you, Minister Ntshavheni
Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of corporate interests, particularly in the mining industry
Malema denies negotiating with ANC on VAT increase
The Democratic Alliance has suggested cutting government budgets for advertising, travel and catering, and a freeze on hiring for non-essential positions to make up the budget…
Cabinet spokesperson shoots down DA claims of Budget victory
The rand depreciated after the postponement of the budget speech to 12 March
Police make community rescuers at Stilfontein sign indemnity forms before helping trapped miners
Police have cut water and food supplies to the miners, insisting that they will not negotiate with ‘criminals’
SABC Bill referred to cabinet clearing house for processing
The Democratic Alliance says there is no strategy for its ministers to torpedo bills they opposed before joining the GNU
Cabinet applauds conviction of Home Affairs officials in fraudulent passport scheme
Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber said the convictions proved that corruption could be defeated
Policy proposals for GNU to take centre stage at first cabinet lekgotla next week
President Cyril Ramaphosa set to unveil a medium-term strategic framework at the opening of parliament on 18 July